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why this was in alt.traditional.witchcraft i have no idea, but...
someone posted an explanation for why, in Star Wars, Han Solo talks about being able to do the Kessel run in "less than 12 parsecs". a parsec is indeed a measure of distance, not of time. but the explanation they gave was that that system or area included a number of black holes. thus, in being closer to or farther from them, it would be possible to do the same "run" in a shorter or longer net distance (like adding up zig-zag segments), and what Han was saying was that his ship and he as a pilot were bad-ass enough to be able to shave it really close.
is this actually canon, or is this some kind of made-up explanation to account for what was just an incorrect use of an astronomical term?
someone posted an explanation for why, in Star Wars, Han Solo talks about being able to do the Kessel run in "less than 12 parsecs". a parsec is indeed a measure of distance, not of time. but the explanation they gave was that that system or area included a number of black holes. thus, in being closer to or farther from them, it would be possible to do the same "run" in a shorter or longer net distance (like adding up zig-zag segments), and what Han was saying was that his ship and he as a pilot were bad-ass enough to be able to shave it really close.
is this actually canon, or is this some kind of made-up explanation to account for what was just an incorrect use of an astronomical term?
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Date: Jun. 14th, 2003 02:56 pm (UTC)From:Official George Lucas Canon: The movies, the radio plays, quite possibly Shadows of the Empire
Not Official Canon, But Accepted By Many As Being Part Of The Star Wars Universe, In A General Sense: other novels, RPG books, etc.
I do not believe that there is any explanation for it in the Official Canon, but it is a long-standing part of the Not-Official-Canon. Similarly, Kessel having black holes nearby has been a consistent part of the Not-Official-Canon, but I don't know whether or not it is ever mentioned in the Official one.